Last finish for 2009

I finished Midnight Stitching's Starstruck (from the Heartstruck leaflet) as my last project for 2009. You can see all of the wonderful Midnight Stitching Designs on Hoffman. This is for a patriotic block exchange for one of my yahoo stitching groups. I am excited to have 3 of the 6 blocks stitched already for 2010. I think it's the only way for me to be in the exchanges........if I stitch them ahead! LOL! :) I stitched this on Sassy's 28 ct Blue Pearl lugana and used a couple Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe hand dyed floss. The red is Christmas Red and the blue is Azure. I just used DMC and GAST Straw Bonnet for the rest. I want to keep this block for myself!! Guess those are the best kind of blocks for an exchange. :) Happy New Year's Eve!

Pinkeep finished

I put it off long enough and finally finished the present for my mom for Christmas. I made the LHN Always & Forever into a pinkeep because that's about the extent of my finishing abilities! LOL! The fabric on the back is a perfect match to the dark purple floss used on the front. I just used a black ribbon and black pins for the pinkeep. Merry Christmas Mom! :)

LHN Fa-La-La

I'm doing a Stitch-A-Long for the new Little House Needleworks ornaments. This is the first one called Fa-La-La. I stitched it on the recommended 30 ct Cappucino linen from Weeks Dye Works. I stitched it with the recommended floss except for the girl on the left. I used DMC 823 for her dress. For the beads I used Mill Hill 03049. I stitched just a straight mouth for them in place of the french knot.

Teddy Bear Block

I have my Teddy Bear block stitched for a block exchange in one of my yahoo stitching groups. I used part of the Little House Needleworks chart The Old Doll. It's stitched on Sassy's 14 ct Milk Chocolate aida. I love the color of this fabric!

LHN Always and Forever

I stitched Always and Forever from Little House Needleworks for my mom for Christmas. My parents just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Nov. 15 so I thought this was perfect. It's stitched on Sassy's 36 ct Frosted Cafe linen with Elegant Eggplant Belle Soie silk. Purple is actually my mom and my dad's favorite color. I have some dark purple fabric I'm going to use on the back and finish it as a pinkeep.

Luck o' The Irish

One of the yahoo groups I belong to (StitchersTimeOut) has a block exchange. I just finished the L*K coffee block for the Dec exchange and figured I should get a head start on some blocks for 2010. The January block is a "green block". I debated stitching a Christmas themed one then came across this freebie in my stash and thought it would be perfect. It's a freebie from The Sunflower Seed from 2006. I stitched in on a waterlily linen (fabric is just 6" x 6") using just 2 colors of DMC. Now I need to get back to stitching on the Christmas gift for my mom! HA! :)

Coffee Crazy

I stitched Lizzie Kate's Coffee Crazy for a block exchange in one of the yahoo groups I belong to. It's stitched on Sassy's 16 count Creamy Cocoa aida. I've just finished stitching 2 models for designers that I cannot show yet so at least I have this little block to show! HA! Working on stitching some Christmas presents right now. :)